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Photo: Gunsight Pass from the east on Cat Hills

Gunsight Pass

  • 2393 m (7850ft)
  • Naming History
  • Peaks and Rivers
50.3250N 114.8166W
Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Kananaskis
Year Named:
Named by:
Named for: From certain angles the slopes of Mount Strachan and Mount MacLaren form the "V" of a gunsight as they descend to the pass.
Mountain (NW): Mount Strachan
Mountain (SE): Mount MacLaren
Headwaters (NE): Carnarvon Creek
Headwaters (SW): Aldridge Creek